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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a legal claim over the secrecy surrounding Texas' lethal injection practices and the possibility that aging death drugs could cause suffering.
Texas is suing the federal government over President Barack Obama's landmark health law — again.
Union leaders announced Monday the statewide teacher and school service personnel work stoppage would continue Tuesday.
Gov. Gina Raimondo moved to keep attention focused on gun violence Monday, signing an executive order aimed at disarming potentially dangerous residents and making Rhode Island the first state to act on gun policy since a gunman shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school earlier this month.
Too many state licensing boards are not fulfilling their objectives, yet, more are popping up.
The savings gap is a looming crisis, and states aren’t sure how to help.
Clearing out blight has its benefits, but it can also erase crucial assets.
Before we invest in new infrastructure, we need to maintain and update what we have.
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, on his approach to moderating a gubernatorial debate in Pennsylvania this year.
U.S. states, cities and counties suing opioid drug manufacturers or distributors.
A new study soothes worries of massive power outages but points to the need for future planning to consider EVs.
The stats are most troubling in Utah and among boys, whose suicide rate had been on the decline for almost two decades.
Several experienced or well-funded independent candidates are running for governor. In some cases, leaving the Democratic or Republican party to do it.
The Supreme Court handed President Trump a significant defeat Monday, turning down the administration's plea for a quick ruling that would have upheld the president's power to end special protections for so-called Dreamers.
States are hoping to bring their case over animal welfare and interstate commerce to the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump told the nation's governors, including Florida Gov. Rick Scott, that they don't need to worry about the National Rifle Association when considering gun control policies the powerful group may oppose.
The multistate coalition to combat gun violence is getting some reinforcements.
Since the shooting and killing of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, the Montana chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense has been busy.
The high court revisited an issue that has divided its members several times. The viability of public-sector unions could hang in the balance.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday asked the state Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the response to the Parkland school massacre, as questions mounted over the Broward County Sheriff's Office's handling of the shooting.
California Democrats overwhelmingly decided not to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein this weekend, an embarrassing rebuke of a party icon who has represented California in the Senate for a quarter-century.
The relationship between U.S. immigration officials and California's liberal leaders soured long ago, but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's decision to warn potential targets of federal arrest that an immigration sweep could be imminent was an extraordinary escalation.
One promise of ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was fewer cars clogging city streets.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, under felony indictment, has resigned his position on the executive committee of the Republican Governors Association.
The National Governors Association largely avoided the topic of guns at its meeting this weekend, suggesting that -- despite some Republicans' recent embrace of gun control -- there is still a lack of bipartisan agreement about how to make schools safer.
More than a dozen alternative weeklies have shut down in the past 20 years, increasing the likelihood that local scandals will go unnoticed.
But renters may not want to celebrate just yet.
Some are increasing the amount of stolen goods that make theft a felony. But it can be a hard sell politically.
Four decades after the law spurred an anti-tax movement across the country, rival efforts to weaken or strengthen it have emerged.
